Steal blinds from button

iosif18

iosif18

Visionary
Silver Level
Joined
May 17, 2014
Total posts
641
Awards
1
Chips
1
Hello all,,,i was wondering the best way to steal blinds from button with a bad hand...any posts will be helpfull.Thanks
 
P

ph_il

...
Silver Level
Joined
Feb 5, 2005
Total posts
10,128
Awards
1
Chips
25
Hello all,,,i was wondering the best way to steal blinds from button with a bad hand...any posts will be helpfull.Thanks
Raise.

If you have a good hand, you aren't stealing from the button. You're raising for value. True, the blinds might fold and you pick up the pot uncontested, but if you're called, you usually have a good chance to win post flop in most situations.

You're only truly stealing from the BTN with bad hands by getting your opponent to fold, allowing you to pick up the pot. In this situation, you don't want to get a call or even 3bet as you'll have a bad hand post flop or be forced to fold.
 
Bogdan Pyts

Bogdan Pyts

Visionary
Silver Level
Joined
Oct 13, 2015
Total posts
595
Chips
0
Tournaments
Blinds a stilling is most effective in tournaments (for example, in sit-n-go or in MTT). If blinds are too big, you sometimes aren't able to afford to wait for a premium a hand. Therefore theft of blind represents an excellent opportunity for receipt of additional counters.

However, at the very beginning of the tournaments of this sort when the sizes of blind in comparison with the sizes of stacks are rather small, the stilling becomes less effective. So occurs because the size of blaynd is too small that to fight for them, and opponents more inclined will do calls of your reyz as their size will be small in comparison with the stack size.

Game cache
In a cache games the size of blind is, as a rule, very small in relation to the sizes of stacks of opponents. It means that from the point of view of net earning money, blinds the stiling won't be so profitable. As a rule, you shall try to play with good hands and to dump bad hands.

Nevertheless, the stiling of blind in a cache games shall be based on how easily you can play your opponents on later rounds of trade if they call and invest additional money in sweat. Such draw is promoted by the fact that you will act with the last in each round of trade that gives you much more chances of a victory. But don't abuse a stiling as players on the blinds "will get to the core" of you and will protect more often the blinds

The Stiling of blinds depends on the size of blind in relation to the effective sizes of stacks. It becomes less effective if their size is small in comparison with the sizes of stacks since you risk large sums of money for the sake of the small sizes of blind.

On microlimits it isn't necessary to pay much attention to theft of blinds, everything that it is necessary – to play with good cards and to dump bad
 
Andrey Smirnov

Andrey Smirnov

Rock Star
Silver Level
Joined
Sep 11, 2016
Total posts
119
Chips
0
Firstly, if you have HUD, dont forget to check bb and sb cold-call before stealing. Yes, position means a lot, but dont open way too loose in attempting to steal. 20% steal range is fine if you are beginner and you are playing 9-max. If you have some notes about blinds ( for example, they are super-tight) you can open more hands and widen your btn open-raise range to 25% or even to 35%. also, if blinds are small stacks around 10bbs be careful, you often will face with re-raise all-in.
And I cant agree stealing isnt important at micro stakes. The art of stealing is very important thing no matter what stakes you play.
 
R

Running Nose II

Visionary
Silver Level
Joined
Mar 28, 2014
Total posts
572
Chips
0
You can only steal if you have a very weak hand. If you have a strong hand it's normal play. Raise, the weaker the hand the bigger the raise. It's a tactic you can pull now and again, but don't overdo it or you will be found out.
 
S

Sourtubbie

Rock Star
Silver Level
Joined
Oct 24, 2016
Total posts
158
Chips
0
Instead of stealing from the button,you can steal from one seat earlier which is called the hijack seat. The button steal is very obvious and to seasoned players it will look more like what you are attempting to bluff as faceup cards. So expect to be raised by the big blind a lot if they are experienced.
Lot of the problem with poker advice is almost every player today has the basics or they learn them quite fast. So to be profitable you need to take the knowledge and exploit it.
The button steal is like the under the gun limp with Aces. It might work once or twice but sitting more than 30 minutes and you will face hard playback.
 
D

Dan Lucas

Rock Star
Silver Level
Joined
Apr 18, 2016
Total posts
475
Chips
0
So much depends on your overall strategy. If you want to be seen as loose, so you might get callers when you have strong hands, you raise unopened pots from button 90% of the time. If you want to have a tight table image, so you can win with weaker holdings, raise from button 10 to 15% of the time. But always be prepared for playback either way. Like sourtubbie states, too many players have the basic skills and knowledge to understand these strategies, so find what works for you.
 
Amanda A

Amanda A

Legend
Bronze Level
Joined
Feb 23, 2016
Total posts
1,357
Awards
2
Chips
23
Yes I think if you are tight and don't do it all the time you are more likely to get away with it. If you are called you may have to fire again on the flop if a high card appears. At least you have a story that you hit the high card on the flop as you raised pre flop. Also if you have low cards and low cards come out you might actually hit and have the best hand. I'm still working out steals though. I may lose more than I make on them. :)
 
Top